After the conclusion of the Battle of Kursk in 1943, the Soviets set out to develop new heavy tanks for both the short and ...

In the 2nd half of the 20th century, the USSR became one of the world’s two superpowers.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has dragged on longer than World War II, with Ukraine achieving unexpected successes at multiple ...

Mark Smith’s impressive history surveys life in the Soviet Union, and its advances and failures from Khrushchev to Gorbachev ...

BBC Studios announced the launch of The History Bureau, a gripping new podcast that revisits defining stories of our recent ...

Three years. 10 months. 18 days.As of January 12, that’s the amount of time that’s elapsed since Russia launched its all-out ...

By unseating Nicolas Maduro, the US has left even allies like the Philippines fearing a future in which great powers do as ...

"Before charging headlong into this icy island again, the U.S. would be remiss not to learn from past failures," argues an ...

The kill ratio of 1:27 was given to British officials in a briefing with Ukrainian officials last week. The briefing was to ...

Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got ...

From a conflict expected to be over in days, four years of battle followed Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The first ...

In the 6th century BCE, lawmaker Solon imposed strict controls on how olive groves should be treated. Cutting down trees ...